over health care? that story coming up. >> it is not a question of where michael vick will play football but when? that is our "water cooler question of the day." >> will we have showers in the forecast? join us as "11 news today" continues right now. >> good morning. happy friday. i'm mindy basara. >> i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 1111. >> looking good. some stabilization is nice, especially after the exstreams we've seen. we even had a flash-flood watch on the eastern shore, but for the weekend, basically dry. not a lot happening in the doppler this morning. there's light fog. sunrise is officially 6:19 this

morning. 73 downtown. 68 at the airport. upper 60's to low 70's. 84 to 86 our temperature range today. more on that in a bit. let's check out traffic first with sarah. >> it is a nice quiet ride for your friday morning. it is really an easy ride. no incidents to report. we're just looking at one delay. this is on the outer loop between hammondses ferry -- hammonds ferry and 295. outer loop about a 10-minute ride from the beltway down to 32. howard county, north and southbound running smoothly at 100. a live view of harford county where you can see volume builds, but no sign of delays.

that's the latest on traffic 11. mindy and stan, b over to you. >> president obama will take his own health care reform tour before he takes his own summer break. >> he is going to take a summer vacation, but first a town hall meeting in montana. brooke hart has the latest. >> president obama heads west on a health care reform mission. >> let the record show the man left on his own. >> after a week on town hall flare-ups, the health care plan may be in trouble. 40% of americans say they are more simthetdwrick to protesters. 21% say less so. newt gingrich wants more town halls. protesters claim the president is pushing everything from abortion to euthenasia in his

reform plan. >> one of the reasons we've pushed back is because of those allegations. >> ads aring paid for by drug makers and hospital and doctor groups teaming up to back the president. >> it means you kpt be denied coverage for a preexisting condition or dropped if you get sick. it means putting health care decisions in the hands of you and your doctor. >> the campaign is a counter punch to critics another town hall. the ad targets a dozen states including montana and colorado. that's where the president next makes his case for health care change, clearly behind where he thought he would be in getting reform passed. in washington, brooke hart, wbal-tv 11 news. >> as the level of anger rises among protesters pow posing health care reform, one of the -- a 51-year-old was spotted and

defanetained by washington county sheriff's deputies after he brandished a sign that said "death to obama, "and another sign said "death to michelle and her two stupid kids. " he was turned over to secret service and an investigation is underway. >> 11 news reporter kerry cavanaugh joins us with more on the crash involving michael phelps. >> hi, there. the accident happened around 9:00 last night and the scene brought much of mount vernonon to a stand still as you can imagine. two parked cars blocked traffic, but it wasn't the crash that had bystanders craning their necks. even though he wore a ravens jersey he stood a head taller than everyone else and was recognizable as michael phelps. police say phelps was driving a black escalade that collided

with a honda. >> there was a collision. two cars were driving and collided in the intersection. we'll find out if alcohol was a factor, we'll look at red lights. >> police say it does not appear as if alcohol was a factor. no one was hurt in the crash. according to investigators the driver of the hospital was -- honda was taken to the hospital as a precaution. coming up, you will hear from people who live in the neighborhood who were hoping this crash will bring long-standing safety concerns to light. kerry cavanaugh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the baltimore ravens were sthaking off the -- ravens were shaking off the off-season rust at the same time. fans are weighing in. >> i want to have the same expectations i had last year,

which were none. that way my feeling won't be disappointed if it doesn't turn out well. >> i think we've been underrated. i think people thought last year was a a flash in the pan. >> keith mills will have highlights later in the newscast. >> a grand jury has headed up an indictment in connection with the death of former ravens player steve mcnair. gilliam is accused of selling a handgun to mcnair's mistress two days before mcnair was shot to death. if convicted, gilliam faces 10 years in prison. >> controversial quarterback michael vick has a new team to call home. the philadelphia eagles signed vick to a two-year death worth 6.6 million dollars. vick has been out of football since 2006 and he was convicted

of conspiracy in running a dog-fighting ring. under the terms of his initial suspension, he cannot appear in games until approved. that brings us to our "water cooler question of the day." what do you think of the eagles' decision to sign michael vick? e-mail us your answers at -- >> the h1n1 has claimed another life. it comes from the washington suburbs and according to the sbeshes suburbs they had underlying medical conditions which contributed to the death. health officials are warning people to take advantage of vaccines when they become available. >> a former band director at a howard county school spent a year and a haffer behind bars for sexually abusing a student. robert douglas john ston had all

but 18 months of his nine-year term suspended for the two-year relationship he had the student. he must register as a sex offender. >> we have a couple updates to two stories brault to you by our i-team. you may remember the story we brought to you the unlicensed contractor who bilked a homeowner about work he never completed. he plead guilty in court and was ordered to pay $5,000 by his february sentencing date. if he pays the money on time, he'll be sentenced to time served. if not, he'll go to jail. >> four years in jail for one of two brothers who were looking for help in avoiding foreclosure. prosecutors say ernest and michael k. lewis offered to help people with foreclosure, but instead charged them fees, took their money. they plead guilty to mortgage

fraud and conspiracy and bankruptcy fraud. >> the time is now 6:09. 69 degrees on tv hill. >> also ahead, shocking visit video that captures the moment of impact for a deadly mid-air collision in new york. >> and a police chase in detroit comes to a firey tragic end. details when "11 news today" continues. >> a little patchy fog out there, but i think you will like the weekend forecast. details just ahead. >> we're also taking a look at your morning commute. construction-related delays on the southwest side of the beltway. we'll update you on those. overall, a pretty nice

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seeing anything happening on h.d. doppler now. we're going to see high pressure building in here. it is going to be a basically dry weekend and seasonable weekend with highs in the mid 80's where they should be for the middle of august. 73 downtown. and where it is typically warmer because of the moderating influence of the atlantic ocean, 78 to begin the day. in the mountains of american maryland a high of 78 degrees and a better chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. in baltimore, i think we will be dry today, high 86, winds not a factor. really light and out of the northeast at five miles per hour. it looks like in ocean city the high today of 82 degrees. on the chesapeake bay east-northeasterly flow at 12 knots.

so pretty unimpressive. drop cal depression two, didn't organize, so not issuing advisories out there. a couple tropical waves out there, so still the quiet hurricane season persists. a record high was set back in 1985. back in 19 -- 1951, 61 was the record low. partly cloudy skies and we'll replane dry. mainly to the circulation. extending over the mid-atlantic. it is going to set up shop over the mid-atlantic. throughout saturday and sunday as well. so on the shores this weekend, looking really nice, partly cloudy and 84. 88 on sunday. mostly sunny skies. and the ripken world series play begins in aberdeen and we're talking picture-perfect weather. mostly sunny and 88 degrees. we bring back a shot of some

pop-up thunderstorms monday and tuesday and wednesday and thursday and a bet every chance of scattered storms. >> as far as your morning commute, looking good overall. we do have some delays that are developing due to late clearing construction on the uter loop southwest side. your delay pretty jammed up. not seeing delays anywhere else. here's a live view of traffic. looging for those delays, but it really doesn't start to back down until you get to the area of washington boulevard. let's switch to a live view of traffic at white marsh. it looks like we're switching at the moment from 24, and looking good at this time. obviously it is frozen, it is not that we have a delay there. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> taking a look at our top stories this morning.

federal investigators are reviewing dramatic and startling footage over last week's midair collision over the hudson. an italian tourist testing his camera caught the sight-seeing helicopter as it collided with a small plane which appears to be climbing just before it strikes the chopper from behind. investigators are trying to determine how two experienced pilots could have crashed on a beautcally clear day. >> the key here is that whatever took place in the cockpit of that piper aircraft was enough to distract the pilot and not allow him to see the helicopter as he intercepted its flight path. >> nine people were killed in that crash. meanwhile, the controller in charge of the plane has been put on leave after it was discovered that he was breaking rules involving talking on the phone while the supervisor has been similarly disciplined for not being in the building at the time of the crash. >> a police chase comes to a dramatic and firey end in detroit.

it is all caught on tape. police were chasing this stolen pick-up truck when it was hit by a minivan. it then hit a power pole where it erupted into flames. the driver of the truck was killed. >> reports out of radical yi, north carolina -- rally, north carolina, said former presidential candidate edwards is expected to admit he is the father of a a woman's child. eds may come forward with the admission as early as today. >> in this morning's consumer alert. workers appear to be returning to their 401-k plans. after taking a beating, fidelity investments say more people increased their saferingse than decreased thefment according to

consulting firms watson wye yat, 44% of employers are expected to increase the match in the next four months. >> the cash for clunkers program allowed customers to get cars physically on the lot but now a change in the regulations will allow them to issue a voucher. >> speaking of cash for clunkers, the program appears to be once again the darling of wall street. that story and more in the morning "bloomberg business report." >> economists surveyed by bloomberg expect u.s. production to have risen for the first time in nine months after mid-year retoo long and the cash for clunkers program. economists say this rise in output will erase a decline from

the month before. economists expect the labor department to say consumer prices remained unchanged. which means you padse roughly the same amount for grossies in july as did you back in june. stocks climbing higher for a second day after investor john paulson's hedge fund bought stakes in banks and the bloomberg ledge fund also rising. looks like it is still a buyer's market. u.s. home owners have cut their asking prices by $28 billion so far this year. some of the biggest reductions coming in nevada and florida. at the new york stock accident change, bloomberg news. >> we usually think of -- being shy -- squirrels as being shy or skiddish. not in canada. the squirrels set the camera to

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we'll give you a live view of traffic heading out this morning. thalingts your delay through that construction zone on the outer loop beginning approaching 95 down toward 295 and delays developing at white marsh here as well. >> we're checking out our water vapor imaginary. humidity elevated in some locations. in general, the trepped is a drier one as we see the sun come up in full force. nice dry channel of air. that trend will continue not only today but tomorrow and sunday as well. 73 degrees downtown as well. 69 out of the airplane. 84 to 86 your forecast high for today. seasonable conditions as 86 is right where we should be, that's our benchmark for august 14th. more details for you including your seven-day forecast coming up.

keith? >> now 11 sports. >> i tell you what, it was president perfect, but it was close. 23-0 the ravens opened the preseason by man handling the redskins. joe flacco an important start. i'm not a stat guy, but the ravens totaled 500 yards of offense. back in the day when art mow del called it the -- mo desm ll called it the dust bowl area, that was threes games of offense. this play on fourth and one. left the game game with a couple stitches to the forehead but came back bandaged and played again. he said, i was going to get back out there regardless what it took. troy smith looked very good last night. 200 yards passing. the ravens passed for 400 yards! is this the ravens? >> it's amazing.

>> that's the ravens defense. martin with the comberks. 23-0 the final. harbaugh impressed with rice and the running backs. >> we try to have as many good players as we can. i think we have three maybe four maybe five maybe six good backs. they looked good tonight. those guys are all competing. >> it has been drilled in both of our heads to spread the ball around, to not have tunnel vision. that's a key thing that he likes to say day in and day out and obviously hugh jackson is doing a tremendous job helping us broaden our horizons as far as this passing game goes. >> next for the ravens, a week from monday at home against rex ryan and the new york jets. you can see that game here. >> legal owe, rex. >> yes. >> you know, it is a good thing right now they have so much depth in smo so many different positions. as you know, the season goes on,

and injuries build up. >> you can put this game in perspective. the redskins had a lot of their second team defensive backs, but they played well and rice looked really great. >> i had a dement comment about michael oher and the head injury. he reminds me of my kids, they get a nick and the they take the biggest bandage in the whole box. >> the badge of honor! >> yes. >> much more to come in the next half-hour. >> i'm kerry cavanaugh. live with the latest on an accident involving michael phelps. we'll show you the crash scene. >> and looking at heavy delays on the southwest side of the beltway. we'll let you know what's going on there. coming up. >> and we have seen heavy downpours. i have a look at your seven-day forecast just ahead. >> i'm nicole communism llion. the president on the road again wade k back -- wading back into

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go to chevy.com for details. >> good morning everybody. i'm stove. -- stan stovall. >> and i'm bass wass. -- mindy basara. >> today we'll see dry conditions. a typical start for us with the upper 60's to low 70's across the board, and we'll be normal for our temperature high range today. 84 to 86. 86 is right where we should be for august 14th. the sunsetting tonight at 8:03. if you liked today, i think you'll really like saturday and sunday. your full forecast. >> president obama continues to take his message for health care reform across the country. >> today he heads to montana for another town hall where big crowds are expected.

"11 news washington bureau reporter" nole k -- nicole killion has more. >> just say no! >> at tune town hall after town hall a range of emotions over health care. yelling, screaming, boos and cheers. now the president wades into the heat of the argument again. >> for all the chatter and the yelling and the shouting and the noise, what you need to know is this -- if you don't have health insurance, you will finally have quality affordable options once we pass reform. >> but as the president tries to strike a civil tone, the white house and its allies are trying to counter critics. >> what does health insurance reform mean for you? >> from new ads to e-mails. this from david axelrod. >> it is important to address

misconceptions or misimpressions that have been left out there about the bills. >> one of those misconceptions, so-called "death panels" which has sparked huge outrage. the house measure of the bill would have provided end of life counseling, but the senate dropped that provision. the president included a provision that would prevent insurance ks coverage -- companies from dropping or limiting coverage to those who become ill. >> michael phelps spent part of last night talking to police after a two-car collision in mount vernonon that sent one woman to the hospital as a precaution. >> kerry cavanaugh has more on the story. >> police tell us no one including michael phelps nor the passenger in the other car was injured in the accident. the people in the area hope the

high-profile accident will shine light on long-standing saste concerns. -- safety concerns. two crunched cars stopped traffic, but it was president the crash that had bystanders craning their necks. michael phelps. >> we knew it was michael phelps. we knew it would get a lot of scrutiny and the media would be interested, so we had our best people on it. >> it happened before thursday night's ravens game let out around 9:00 p.m. police say phelps was driving an escalade and collided with a honda in the collision. police say it does not appear as if alcohol was a factor. these photos show phelps on the scene with police. the swimmer and his two passengers were not hirt. the other driver was take --

taken to the hospital as a precaution. people in the area say ks are common here. >> i would like to see something done about it. maybe more enforcement, do something about the speed here, or maybe a delayed yellow. >> it is not every day you see one of the most famous athletes in the world waylayed on your street. people hope the accident will draw attention to outstanding safety concerns. >> i think drivers in general should be careful, especially if you are driving in the city, and for me, lip if you're in my -- especially if you're in my neighborhood. >> no word on who was at fault in this accident. >> thank you, kerry. baltimore police say one of the reasons no one has come forward with a deadly hit-and-run accident last week may be that the driver didn't realize he hit anyone. john combrsm ya -- yates was bicycling through an intersection when he was hit by

a truck at lafayette and -- avenue. police say a -- they are looking for clues to drak track down the driver. >> the family is devastated that it someone would leave their loved one on the pavement with mortal injuries and just drive off. >> if you have any information that could help baltimore police in their investigation call 410-396-2100. >> a pasadena couple has been arrested for burning down their own home. 48-year-old carl covert and his wife are charged with setting fire to their home last may. the fire marshals determined the fire that gun in the home's living room was intentionally set. they are being held pending a bail review hearing. >> someone in maryland is sitting on a quarter of a

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95 in the white marsh area. intermittent delays. we'll switch over to a look at the a map and point out 19 miles per hour your speed through that delay. and on the inner loop at security, watch for some debris. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. sarah, over to you. >> today things will warm up. it looks like we will remain dry in contrast to what we've seen earlier this week. it looks like winds out of the east five to 10 miles per hour, and the ripken world series starting in aberdeen this weekend, perfect baseball weather. 86 saturday, 88 sunday, and by monday up to near 90. the chance of heating in the day. pop-up thunderstorms. best chance of scattered thunderstorms wednesday and thursday of next week. >> the time now 6-37. coming up, he'd helped rebuild

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>> that's my answer. >> if we could look at him even more, if he were to run for mayor, i would be all for it. >> despite the platform. >> hey, just speaking for our women out there. i don't mind when he has to say of the. just keep looking. >> coming up arkse look at the morning's headlines. >> and we'll look at hefty delays on the southwest side of the beltway. you'll want to stay tuned to find out why. coming up. >> and a dry trend headed our way. details on the w

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behind bars for a two-year long relationship he had with a student. robert johnston will have to register as a sex offender. >> the ravens blanked the redskins by 23-0. flacco and rice made the most of their first game. >> less than a month after his release from prison controversial quarterback michael vick has a new team to call home. the philadelphia eagles have signed vick to what sources say is a two-year deal worth a potential $6.6 million. vick, under the terms of his condition wall suspension, he could not appear in regular season games. >> this morning we asked what do you think of the eagles signing

michael vick. >> "is dog-fighting cruel? yes. vick has paid his debt to society and more so the commissioner of football should not impose restrictions whatsoever on the man. this is overkill to the max." >> this is a joke. thezz pro players think they are above the law. they have a chance of a lifetime and they screw it up. these players should be given one chance at the brass ring. >> jill disagrees. i am a dog lover and believe what michael has done is dispickable. however, he has been punished, he's paid his debt to society. he deserves to be able to make a lifplgt the eagles signed a winner at a rock-bottom price, and that's not bad in this committee. >> vick is sick. kids will see it is ok to be a criminal and play football too. wake up america. most more of your answers on the

front page of wbaltv.com. -- we'll post more of your answers on the front page of wbaltv.com. >> we have problems on the southwest side. this is all due to late clearing overnight construction. two left lanes blocked in the outer loop at 295. you can see the result. we're electricing at heavy delays approaching southwestern boulevard all the way down to 295. so it's going to be a while before that one clears out. average speeds of nine miles per hour through that area. let's check on what else is going on. we've been checking this for delays. for the most part we are in good shape. most of the west side looks good until you get down toward that southwest corner. and are you doing pretty well here on the north sismede j.f.x. , 795, and i-70. >> tazz a lot sarah -- thanks a lot sarah.

a con fraft to what we've -- contrast to what we've seen over in the week. thanks to a nice dosme high pressure to our west. right now the temperature range really where it should be this time of year. 73 downtown. 69 in york pennsylvania. looks like low 70's on the eastern shore as well. 78 degree reading on the beach in ocean city. up in the mountains today, it looks like we will hit a high for that 78 degrees with a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. here in baltimore we will dry out. not a big threat. partly cloudy skies, so things starting to stabilize somewhat. 86, that's our normal high for august the 14th. winds light and out of the northeast by five miles per hour. 82 degrees in ocean stifment pop-up afternoon and evening thunderstorms possible. 72 the temperature, but it will probably be on the rise with

these dry conditions. on the bay winds east-northeast. water in the bay is actually in the low 80's right now. 99 is the record high. it was set back in 1965. august 14, 1961, the record low. no threat to either of those records today. 64 the average low. we'll be a little bit above that. it looks like we'll be in the mid to upper 60's. partly cloudy and still maintaining that dry trend. the sunsetting at 8:03. high pressure will dominate as the weekend pro progresses. it will start progressing, and there is a trough off shore. it is not close enough to impact our weather very significantly. only other variable, a little patchy fog. it looks like it is burning off, since the sun up and has been since 6:00 this morning. tropical depression not an issue. the national hurricane center is not issuing advisories. just a batch of weather.

quiet weather weekend for us. seasonable conditions in the mid to upper 80's. ripken world series starting this weekend. we have awesome baseball weather. slight chance for pop-up thunderstorms monday into tuesday. wednesday into thursday a better chance for scattered showers and storms. >> it should have been a simple traffic accident in mount vernonon. kerry cavanaugh joins us with more on the crash involving michael phelps. >> the accident happened around 9:00 last evening and while no one, including michael phelps and his passengers, were hurt. you see two crunched cars blocking traffic, but it was president the crash that had bystanding craning their nefpblgs even though he wore a ravens' jersey, you could recognize it was michael phelps. police say phelps was driving a

black escalade that collided with a honda. bystander photos show phelps on the scene with police. investigators say he and his passengers were not hurt and the other driver was taken to the hospital just as a prescrugs caution. people that live in the neighborhood say accidents are common along that stretch of roadway, and they are hoping a high-profile person involved in the crash may bring attention to the safety concerns there. at this point police say they have not determined who was at all the time fault in that crash. kerry cavanaugh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> coming up later today, in an interesting oprah, what women want when it comes to sex. the latest science behind sex appeal. the mathematical formula behind beauty. the ultimate relationship taste test and what can make men instantly more attractive. ladies? >> a shower?

>> our producer says "money." >> that's today at 4:00 on "oprah." >> good morning. coming up on a friday morning on "today," exclusive new video of that tragic midair collision over new york's hudson river. we'll show it to you and explain why the air traffic controller has been suspend in to connection with that crash. >> a mother atasered by police as her childrened watched. >> plus a mother of three reveals her troubling disorder known as hoarding. >> and on a lighter note, we get started on a friday morning right here on "today." >> we're dwage -- debating -- >> well, that's a lot. >> the time is 6:52. >> another check on traffic and >> another check on traffic and weather as you head out t

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>> due to late-clearing construction two outer lanes closed on the inner loop. big delays. >> partly cloudy skies. nice dry weekend. right where we should be into the weekend. good weather tort little league world series taking place in aberdeen. a perfect day. back up to 90 by monday and tuesday. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >> a live update 7:25.

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